Long history comes to a close in Belden

BELDEN — A long chapter in the history of Belden came to a close last week. Citizen’s State Bank in Belden closed its doors Friday. All operations have been moved to the bank’s Laurel branch, which opened in 2004. The bank had a long and storied history in this southern Cedar County farming community. The town of Belden sprang up out of a handful of railroad shacks that were used by railroad workers and as a watering stop for freight and passenger trains that were passing through the area. The sounds of building the steel railroad tracks had just started to fade when a young man by the name of Fred Kimball began riding horseback to Belden from Coleridge to offer the community banking services.

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